StarAstrologer - Books : The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.235
EAN: 9780385494229
ISBN: 038549422X
Label: Main Street Books
Manufacturer: Main Street Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: October 12, 1999
Publisher: Main Street Books
Release Date: October 12, 1999
Sales Rank: 2167
Studio: Main Street Books
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Straight from the front line of urban America, the inspiring story of one fiercely determined teacher and her remarkable students.
As an idealistic twenty-three-year-old English teacher at Wilson High School in Long beach, California, Erin Gruwell confronted a room of “unteachable, at-risk” students. One day she intercepted a note with an ugly racial caricature, and angrily declared that this was precisely the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust—only to be met by uncomprehending looks. So she and her students, using the treasured books Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl and Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo as their guides, undertook a life-changing, eye-opening, spirit-raising odyssey against intolerance and misunderstanding. They learned to see the parallels in these books to their own lives, recording their thoughts and feelings in diaries and dubbing themselves the “Freedom Writers” in homage to the civil rights activists “The Freedom Riders.”
With funds raised by a “Read-a-thon for Tolerance,” they arranged for Miep Gies, the courageous Dutch woman who sheltered the Frank family, to visit them in California, where she declared that Erin Gruwell’s students were “the real heroes.” Their efforts have paid off spectacularly, both in terms of recognition—appearances on “Prime Time Live” and “All Things Considered,” coverage in People magazine, a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley—and educationally. All 150 Freedom Writers have graduated from high school and are now attending college.
With powerful entries from the students’ own diaries and a narrative text by Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary is an uplifting, unforgettable example of how hard work, courage, and the spirit of determination changed the lives of a teacher and her students.
The authors’ proceeds from this book will be donated to The Tolerance Education Foundation, an organization set up to pay for the Freedom Writers’ college tuition. Erin Gruwell is now a visiting professor at California State University, Long Beach, where some of her students are Freedom Writers.
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The book I choose to read was, The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them. This book is a compilation of diary entries spanning a four year time period in which 150 teens were able to transform their outlook on life. Also included in the book are a few entries from Ms. Gruwell, who was able to not only teach the "at risk" freshman but also teach the world that we are more than the color of our skin. The Freedom Writers ... Read More
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The Freedom Writers Diary is a powerful story of how one person changed 150 lives in their high school career. Mrs. Gruwell, a new teacher at Wilson High School, gets a class full of freshman misfits. "All these kids are in gangs and most have either been in jail or are on probation now." "They have always been the bad, stupid rejects so why would they change now?" She thinks all the people who made comments like these are exaggerating just to scare her. She doesn't think she will have to worry ... Read More
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We have a lot to learn from these kids and their teacher. Great book!
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I saw the movie which I enjoyed, and now am in the process of reading the book which I purchased on Amazon.....all good so far
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An excellent read. It really opens your eyes to the world around us. Lots of laughs many tears and would love for a teacher like that around here for my children (England) that is! FAB!!!!! If fact have just ordered the other two related books x
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